Category: Kentucky/Carolina/Virginia
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Day 59, Homeward Bound, Fayetteville, NC, Final Day, June 1st
202.7 RV miles today, 10,107 total Homeward Bound. We left Lynchburg after a fun morning at the downtown Farmer’s Market, celebrating 230 years founded in 1783, “Old as Dirt.” Purchased a BBQ grill for Victoria & Colin at the consignment store for a whopping $10.50. From the hills of Virginia through the piedmont of NC…
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Day 58, Lynchurg, VA, May 31st
31.3 RV miles today, 9,904.3 total We spent the day helping Victoria pack up her school room to check out. We also took the time to refill our DEF (Diesal Exhaust Fluid), which is an aqueous urea solution (basically, processed cow urine?!?) required ~ every 3,500 miles in the newer diesal engine cars/trucks for cleaner exhaust (inconvenient rightly…
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Day 57, Lynchburg, Virginia, Our Campbells, May 30th
421 RV miles today, 9,873 total We are now complete having seen all of our children on this tour & all the Newman kids to complete the NewMillerman saga. “Everywhere is walking distance, if you have the time.” –Stephen Wright…
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Day 5, MAMMOTH Cave, Kentucky, April 7th
312.7 miles today, 1,261.7 miles total Incredible morning tour of a 2 mile portion of the 400 mile labyrinth of the largest cave system in the world…MAMMOTH. We went down to a depth of 400 feet to follow in the footsteps of previous men over the last 5,000 years here. Below is a spaghetti-like picture…
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Day 4, Horses, Dogs & Rabbits in Kentucky April 6th
Day Three, 182.6 miles today, 949 miles We visited our horse, George, strutting his stuff in Lousiville! Toby is seen in the saddle, so to speak, playing peek-a-boo in our horseless carriages! And we’re having fun times in the Thumper-mobile high tech wagon with Beth & Toby riding shotgun! It was a gorgeous day in…
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Day 3, Kentucky Horses April 5th
Day Three, 164.4 miles today, 766.4 miles total. We are staying at the Kentucky Horse Park Campground in Lexington for 2 nights. Toured the American Saddlebred Museum, International Museum of the Horse, Horse Breeds of the World, & Horse Hall of Champions. Headed over to Louisville to see our two horses, George & Patrick, who…
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Day 2, Traveler’s Rest, Kentucky April 4th
Day Two, 329 miles today, 602 miles total. Today, we passed over the Great Smokey Mountains through Tennessee into Kentucky to visit my great…grandfather’s original Traveler’s Rest homeplace including the original summer kitchen from 1786 and the family cemetery. Isaac Shelby (whom our youngest daughter, Shelby, is named after) was the 1st & 5th Governor…
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Thumper Day 1, Asheville, NC, April 3rd
The Journey Begins!!! 273 miles today, 273 miles total. Thumper, our RV, began hopping down the trail settling in Asheville, North Carolina. Our campsite is along the banks of the French Broad River, the waters in which my father, “Daddy Rock,” was baptized as a child. You can see the river in the background of…